Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-08-24
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MRS. NEWTON LIGHTFoor, living a
few miles from Marion, Ind, was shot and
killed by her son under very distressing cir
cumstances. Young Lightfoot had come
to her house to protect it from burglars,
and his mother, who got up during the
night to see about the stock, on entering
the house was mistaken for burglar, and
shot with fatal results. She died protest.
ing her son innocent OF all blame.
WM. BYERs, living near Indiana, Pa,
had an alteration with Ills father over
some plowing. Tie father was fntally
shot, but the son claims it was done in
self defense. There is talk Of lynching the
son, who is now in jill.
THE New York District Assembly. No.
40, Knights OF Labor, elected eleven dele
gates to the General Assembly, which
meets in Minneapolis in October, ten of
whom are opposed to General Master
Workman Powderly's administration.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN made peculiar
speech at Birmingham, recently, from
which it appears that although he was in
favor of the crimes act he did not want to
see it enforced, and that while he is grieved
at the action of the government in pro-
claiming the league he can not fin it in
his heart to criticise it harshly. Mr.. cham
berlain wanted it underslo lood that he was
still unionist, although he spoke very
tenderly of Mr.. Gladstone, in whom, he
said, the country had never lost faith. The
Chicago Times, judging from the cabled
synopsis of Mr.. Chamberlnin's speech,
thinks he is badly "rattled" politician.
A TEMPORARY injunction has been OBJ
tanned at Winnipeg, restraining the con-
struction of the Red River Valley railroad
over certain land owned by the Canadian
Pacific company. There is great excite
ment and indignation throughout Manitoba
over the matter, and it is probable that the
injunction will be ignored. as the govern.
ment denies its validity.
The state railroad and warehouse COM
missioners hava summoned the railroad
companies to show cause why freight rates
in Illinois should not be reduced to cor
respond with the inter- state schedules.
The hearing is set for September /, when
shippers and freight bureaus will also be
given an opportunity to show cause why a
reduction should be made.
JERRY WHITE, the negro who assaulted
a respectable German woman at Valentine,
Neb., the other day, and sought to escape
on stock train, was captured at Long
Pine and jailed at Valentine. The in
censed citizens formed mob Saturday
evening, the Goth, broke into the Jail, Sc
cured White and hung him to tree.
White at first denied the crime, but as the
rope frightened about his neck he owned
up to the henious offense and plead for
mercy, but to no effect. This is the first
hanging that ever took place in Cherry
county.
A DUBLIN telegram says that at meet
ing Of the Loughrea and Armagh branches
of the National League it was resolved to
continue work Notwithstanding the procla-
nation of the league.
DURING the recent eclipse of the sun,
the sky was obscured by clouds at Paris,
Vienna and St. Petersburg. and no obser-
vations could be made. The Belgian ex-
pedition at Jurjewitz, on the volgs, sue
ceeded in observing the solar protuber-
ances and chromosphere, although the
corona was invisible. At Elm, Russia, an
aged professor named Mendeleiff ascended
above the clouds in q balloon, obtaining
results, descending in safety near Moscow,
forty miles distant.
DIR. PARKER. Of the City Temple, Lon
don, has sailed for the United States. He
will pronounce q euloey upon the late Mr..
Beecher, at Plymouth church, Brooklyn,
next month, and it is not impossible that
he may become Mr.. Beechers successor.
FRANK PARKS, o prominent farmer liv-
ing near Lewisville, Ark, has been ar-
rested on the charge Of raping his 13- year.
old daughter.